Joey Jones jettisons Weber Shandwick to make move to Cicero
Shanker Singham was signed up by the lobbying firm last week.
The Tory lobbyist is understood to have departed in the wake of the merger with Cohn & Wolfe.
Cicero buys up Westbourne in surprise £7m merger of top agencies
UK plastics industry picks Portland for secret lobbying offensive
Grayling signs up ‘hard Brexit svengali’ to serve as senior adviser
Adam Lang: In defence of lobbying (and good policy making)
Over the past few days there have been a couple of notable articles and reports published about the impact of two different bits of legislation, now both fully enacted, seeking to regulate or...
Dirk Paterson: How I have fought against 'cash for access' lobbying
Influencing is not about cash for access anymore. Good lobbying is about three things: strategy strategy strategy.
When I first said this in a board meeting I had a full-on row the CEO who...
Simon Petar: There are opportunities in Labour’s housing hash
Despite my long-term party membership, I have come to the conclusion that Labour’s approach to housing policy is both tragic and an opportunity in equal measure.
Tragic because the ability...
Who are the new movers and shakers in the UK public affairs world?
The question of what makes a mover and shaker in the modern public affairs industry in a live one. Some of the lobbyists featured here are best-known for their impressive contacts books and their...
Lunch with... David Wild
A man walks into Shepherd’s wearing a Bates hat. No, not a very lame joke. Just the beginning of my lunch with David Wild, Chairman of Lodestone, and wearer of very fine hats (I myself own two...
The 2017 Stakeholder Awards: Full list of winners
As usual, these highly prestigious awards were decided by a heavyweight one-strong judging panel comprised of the UK’s leading public affairs journalist....
The full list of the lucky (and...